The author, a tech reviewer, shares their experience with the Amazon Bee Frontier, an AI wearable that records and analyzes conversations, and how it has made them question their reality and trust their memories. The device has improved its ability to distinguish between the author's speech and TV dialogue, and can now access calendar and photos app information, but has led to the author doubting their memories and experiencing existential crises. The author's therapist has asked them to get rid of the device, citing its potential to undermine trust in one's memories.

Voters across the US rejected data center development, with 76% opposing data centers in their communities and 33 out of 45 local ballot measures restricting development. Candidates who favor moratoriums and restrictions on data centers won key elections, including Texas Democratic Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa and Michigan's Democratic Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed. Local communities have voted to restrict data center development, with some imposing moratoriums and others banning data centers over a certain size.